TL;DR: Lionsgate Limited is releasing a remastered 2-disc Blu-ray and an exclusive VHS edition of The Blair Witch Project. Preorders are now live, with a launch date of Oct. 13.
Lionsgate Limited just opened preorders for a 2-disc Blu-ray edition and an exclusive VHS release of the found-footage horror classic, The Blair Witch Project, both landing on Oct. 13.
The Blair Witch Project follows three film students who vanish in the Maryland woods while shooting a documentary about a local legend, with only their footage left behind. What made it a genuine phenomenon back in 1999 was how many people actually bought it — the directors built an eerily convincing website and online mythology treating the “documentary” as real, complete with “missing” posters for the cast.
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More than 25 years later, it’s still one of the most influential horror movies ever made — and now it’s finally getting a release that matches its legacy.
The Blu-ray packs three versions of the film: the filmmaker-approved theatrical cut, the festival cut (newly restored from the original Hi8 tapes and 16mm film), and the original 35mm theatrical version. Extras are stacked too — new cast interviews plus legacy bonus content like the original directors’ commentary, deleted scenes, and the Curse of the Blair Witch mockumentary.
The VHS, meanwhile, is pure nostalgia — no extras, just the format that basically defined the movie’s whole “is this real” marketing hook back in the day.
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Preorders are now live at Lionsgate Limited.
